Combination beer-cock.



l l a, COMBINATION BEER COCK.' A APPLICATION FILED JULY 2,- IQQ.

- Patentd Map. i9', 1912 oortrNn'rron nenn-cock.

citizen of theUnited'Statestresiding at East Boston, in the county of Suffolk, Stat'eot 5 Massachusetts, have invented certain new- Y and usefuldmprovements- =in Combination following to be 'a 'full,` clean-and exact description of thefinventiomfsuch as will en.

' 10 able others skilled intheart to -whichfit ap" pertainsto'make and use the same. yA

This .invention'relates to 'liquid dispensing devices and hasfs'pecial referenceto'a form of beer cock f designed `to dispense beer from the. invention is to improve 26 the generel construction of jcojcksj of` this' .25 improved constructionj'providel with 4a novelgormoffpluvalve. i "The inventioit- 'frtherf consists'f in certain novel",deta.i1s of construction and combinations gt pa'rts hereinafter fully; described,- 30 illustrate in theaccompanying drawings, f and specifically seteforthrinfthe claims.

. I n the accompanying-drawings, like char-. acters of refereneeindicate like parts in the s'eveial yiewts, land Figure 1 is a side selevation of va cocl; showing the device A assembled. Fig.' 2-.is a :longitudinal section on the -line 2 2 of Eig. 1,`- ;the parts being arranged for dispensingbeerjfrom both barrels'sirnultaneouslyLFl .f3 is .a similar-.sec- 40 tion showin apati'tllo e'device including the plug" vva v'ewith this valve-'arranged todispense beerfrom lone 5bare1'only. Fig. 4 is a verticalseetion-.onj the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.'- Fige is a-de'tail view ofthe plug valve '45 removedfronr'thecock.

` The numeral. indicates-the bodyof the. device andthis'body portion may bemade as ornamental''asl desired. Extendingrear- Award from the bodyfportion isa threaded 50 nipp1e 11 where'on'is eldanut 12`for-the purpose ofsecuring the cock in the back wall of a bar or other 'onvenient place.`

L At -13,-is.indicated the connection. that i's used to' connect the cock to the ipesfrom.

-55v the barrels and this eonnectionis"providedV Specification oflLetters Patent. i`--iApplieation' ledTuly-ft, 1909.' Serial- No. 505,716.

with branches 14 to-one of which-risconti nected one of the pipes leadingt'rom'tne barrels while the other receives the other connection. This connection 13 is joinedto thenipple 11` by means of'a collar 25, the latter beinginteriorly threaded and screwed on to the rear end ot the nipple, while said fcollar. is retainedA on said connection against displacement andl for rotation for securing the partstogether. A partition 15 extends along this connection between'the t\\'o ends Maand thus 'divides said connection into two pipes substantially semi-circular at their' forward ends.

Extending y vertically through the 'iront end of'the body- 10 is a frusto-enical bore `16 and running from the 'back end of the 'body' to this bores aparttion 174 which divides thebody of the cock` into two pipes. .The'back ends of these pipes are'identieal thpipeslinpthe bodyand nipple form acon'- tinuation of the pipes 'in' the connection.

,These pipes at their forward end are compressed laterally and broadened vertically. as can be seen from reference to the figuresshowingthe sections. From the body 10 pro- -jects va downwardly inclined spout 18 and this spout'cominunicates with the chamber 19 formed'in the forward end of the valve body opposite the partition 17.

, Within the frusto-eonical bore 1G is held a plug valve 20 provided with a pair ot' spaced ports' 21, the partition 22 between theports being the same thickness as the 'partit-ion 17 andthe ports being of identical 'dimensions with the passages lying on either side of "that -partition at the forward end thereof. This plug valve is held in the bod;7

by means of a nut 23 and is provided with a handle 24..

In the operation of this device let it be assumed that the right hand member 14. hasbeen` connected to` a barrelof ale and the left hand member-to a barrel of porter. Now, if the bartender desires to draw porter, he positions the plug valve 20 so that one of the ports' 21 registers with the lett hand passagein the valve body leaving the other port 2,1 4blanked off by the side wall of the frusto-o'onical bore. This will place the. plug valve' in the posit-ion shown. in Fig.4 Itwillnow be observed that 'the Vportercan-iow romthe left ha'nd passage `only :end willthu's be delivered through l the Iatented Mar. 19, 1912.

in .sizeandeross section with the'front ends 'of the tv vopipes inthe connection 13 'so that `u'rhen--thls connection is properly positioned threaded spout 18. If, the bartender desires to draw what is commonly known as half-and-halt he positions the-valve as indicated in Fig.

2. Ale will then flow from one barrel and .the porter `from-the othermixing in the chamber 19 and passing out of the spout 18. There has thusbeen provided a simple and eficient device' of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

Having thus described .the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A combination beer cock comprising a connection having a closed end and a central partition, pipes formed therewithand communicatin" with separate passages formed by said partition, a casing having a ortion exterior thereof and anadjaeent s oulder, a nut threaded thereon for` securing the 4 casing to a support, a collar detachably connecting the connection to the casing, said casing being provided with a A similar ,partition inline with the first named partition to form separate. passages, said casing Vbeing further rovided. with a portion enlarged upwar ly and downwardly and terminating vin a' reduced outlet, said enlarged4 portion having a vertical bore, and plug operable therein and having a. pair o spaced slots forming an intermediate partition-ada ted to aline with 'the ad jacent partition wiien the'valve is opened,

said a'ssa es the casing being restricted Ito allne With'the slots in the plug which open into an enlarged circular chamber vertically disposed at 'the'o'f' let side of the 5 curved walls, the spacebetween' the curved walls being greater than the diameter of the bore, said casing being further provided with a divided inlet passage, the partition dividing -said inlet passage terminating near casing and provided with ltwo independent passages adapted to shape a liquid flowing through the valve into 'relatively thin sheets,

.said valve being so arranged in thecasing -that one of said sheets will contaot'with one of the curved Walls of the mixing. chamber and be deilec'ted thereby, across'the mixingA chamber to interiningle with the other sheet, whereby` the two sheetswill be intimately mixed. 1 p

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

4 HERBERT BELL. Witnesses.: l

ANDREW P.- FISHER, Y A. COLE-MAN Frsxrnnf.- 17A -the bore of the casing, a Valve fitted in the vbore of thecentrally enlarged portion of the 

